King's Landing in France

When the young Buzz heard the shout from the French, he turned around suspiciously: "What are they shouting?"

The French army naturally shouted in French, and the Italian teenagers couldn't understand it.

The bearded man next to him: "Probably calling Long Live the General. They always do this."

Buzz said excitedly: "So we will see General Frost soon?"

"probably."

Buzz couldn't help turning his head back: "What kind of person will he be? I heard that he is unusually tall, like a mountain monster in the Alps."

The surrounding Italians all laughed.

"You might as well say he has the head of a lion."

Buzz: "What's a lion?"

"You don't know what a lion is? It's a beast with fluff all over its face, just like a beard."

Buzz was imagining what that animal looked like, and His Excellency the General rode past the Sequoia Army.

Someone shouted in Italian: "Your Excellency, when will we beat the Austrians?"

The general smiled, turned his head and replied in standard Italian: "Soon! It may be tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow!"

A short officer next to the general said: "We are rushing to the battlefield now, you will definitely beat the Austrians who oppress you, I promise."

The little officer's Italian pronunciation is a bit strange.

Buzz heard the bearded uncle beside him say, "Why does this officer speak Italian with a Corsican accent?"

Buzz asked suspiciously, "Where is Corsica?"

"In the sea, it is a poor and broken island. It used to belong to Genoa, and was later sold to France by the Genoese."

The bearded man curled his lips, and returned to the original topic: "Your Excellency General speaks Italian with a very standard Milanese accent. He has definitely stayed in Milan, and he may be a guest of some great nobleman."

"But didn't he hang all the nobles?" Buzz asked suspiciously.

"Yeah, I heard that he was nicknamed the Noble Killer in Paris."

At this moment, someone next to him said, "I heard that your Excellency, General, was a cobbler before joining the army!"

"Nonsense!" the bearded man yelled angrily, "Where is such a learned cobbler?"

"I heard that the general is the illegitimate son of the Duke of Orleans, and he is fostered in the cobbler's house!"

"What? Doesn't that mean that he is the brother of the current King of France?"

"It's nonsense, the general is actually the brother-in-law of the current king of France!"

The Sequoia Army started arguing, but Buzz didn't listen. He followed the general who was going away, and praised: "That's great. I want to be such a hero too. Hooray!"

Chapter 197 Davout patted his head

While the French army was rushing towards Rivoli, Marshal Wumze of the Holy Roman Empire was using a telescope to observe the French cavalry units appearing in front of his troops.

"Didn't you drive them away yesterday?" Wu Muzedu muttered, "Why did you come back again?"

Wumze's chief of staff Pence said: "Maybe the purpose of the French is to stick to us and disrupt our actions. Do you want to drive him away again?"

Wu Muze thought for a while, then shook his head: "No, a cavalry colonel was killed when he drove him away yesterday, let them hang around here, anyway, they can't possibly pose a threat to our team. Order the whole army to speed up the march , today we are going to the Rivoli Terrace!"

Chief of Staff Pence looked embarrassed: "I'm afraid this is a bit difficult. There is a lot of snow in the valley, which will affect the speed of travel."

Wu Muze: "The report from the front indicates that Beaulieu has been defeated, and the remaining remnants are guarding the Mantua Fortress. We must rush to rescue the Mantua Fortress as soon as possible! We must hurry!"

Pence: "Yeah, hurry up, I'll get the troops going faster."

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Davout had already arrived at the Rivoli Terrace at this time, and he immediately inspected the pass between the Terrace and the Adige Valley, and immediately laughed.

"No wonder Your Excellency the General wants us to advance at full speed to occupy the Rivoli Terrace. As long as you give me 1 people at this pass, I can block the attack of [-] Austrian troops!"

The Rivoli Terrace leads to the Adige Valley, requiring a Z-shaped ramp. The troops occupying the terrace can cause huge damage to the enemies climbing the ramp as long as they throw stones.

If the enemies in the valley want to rush out of the valley, they have to walk through this Z-shaped ramp like a ghost gate, and climb up the ramp to see the small town on the Rivoli Terrace.

Davout continued to survey the topography of the platform and soon came to a conclusion.

"To conquer the plateau, no amount of troops will be enough just to go from the river valley. We must separate some people and go to the mountains in the north. If we attack from the mountains, the army on the plateau can only rely on a ridge more than 100 meters high. "

The Rivoli Terrace is surrounded by hills more than 100 meters high, forming a natural barrier.

However, although this hill can provide a certain amount of defense, it is actually very limited because it is too short after all.

If an attack is launched from the north of the platform, the defenders will have very limited resources to rely on.

But rushing from the valley to the plateau, unless there is more than three times the force advantage, it is difficult to succeed.

After surveying the topography of the platform, Davout suddenly realized something.

"This platform is suitable for a small number of troops to defend, not suitable for an army with superior strength to launch an offensive war. Especially against the enemy coming from the river valley... Because of the terrain of the river valley, it is almost impossible to fight an annihilation battle, unless you send troops to go to the mountains to take down special forces. Lunt."

After Davout finished speaking, his adjutant asked suspiciously: "What do you mean?"

"It means that our general may have made a mistake, he should send me here to defend, and then the army will return to assist Lana." Davout said seriously, "No, that's not right...so that's what the general meant! "

The adjutant looked confused: "What do you mean?"

"We have to move on and go straight to Trent. The general is going to close the door and beat the dogs! Leave a small number of troops to delay the enemy, and then go straight to Trent. This will be an unprecedented battle of annihilation!"

Adjutant: "Is that so? But Your Excellency the General gave us an order to occupy the Rivoli Terrace."

"If you just occupied the Rivoli Terrace, your Excellency the General made a fatal mistake. He wasted his superior force on terrain that is inconvenient to attack. Do you think the General would make such a mistake? No, the General has always emphasized the need to play Our initiative cannot blindly follow his orders."

An Ning did say that, but he said that because he knew that he was not worth much, and he had to count on these famous generals to win the battle by themselves.

But Davout obviously understood this instruction to mean something else.

"So, this is the test that His Excellency the General gave us," Davout said decisively, shaking his bald head. "He only told us to come to Rivoli, and then he wanted to see if we could see through his real intentions!"

The adjutant suddenly realized: "That's right! Captain Bonaparte also ignored His Excellency the General's order to operate on the right wing, and went to the central army to bombard the Austrian army without authorization! His Excellency General also rewarded him afterward!"

Davout: "Don't be like this, he is no longer a captain."

"Sorry." The adjutant shrugged.

Davout's adjutant was a traditional French officer, and he somewhat looked down on the little man from Corsica.

Davout: "So, we left our troops to stop the enemy at the entrance of the platform, and the remaining troops continued northward, over the mountains outside the platform, and headed north towards Trent! By the way, we must tell the general about our decision. , get a pen!"

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Seeing the letter sent back by Dawu, An Ning directly changed into the expression of the old man on the subway: What the hell is this!

He read Davout's letter carefully again, and then took a deep breath.

He realized he had made a huge mistake.

He only remembered that on the other side of history Napoleon beat the Austrians in Rivoli, but he forgot that Napoleon was defending against the enemy in Rivoli, and the French army was at a disadvantage.

On his side, because he sacrificed Lana to resist the other enemy, he has a superior force, and what he wants to fight is an offensive battle.

It is inappropriate to choose the battlefield of Rivoli in this way, because this terrain is not suitable for launching an attack on the Austrian army in the valley.

So if you really pile up the troops on the Rivoli Terrace, the final result may be to stare at each other with the Austrian army in the valley, and no one can do anything to the other.

It can be said that this was a very big mistake.

If Davu hadn't given An Ning a step, this matter might have gotten stuck.

So An Ning started the show immediately, and he smiled when he saw Dawu's letter: "Hahaha, as expected of Dawu, he understood my true intention in no time!"

Napoleon was curious: "What's the real intention?"

An Ning handed him the letter: "You read it yourself."

Napoleon quickly read Davout's letter, and suddenly realized: "So, your real intention is to attack Trent?"

An Ning: "Yes, the mountains north of Rivoli are actually not easy to travel, so the Austrian army chose to go to the Adige Valley. We just want to take advantage of the enemy's advantage! Davout's troops will fight against those in the Adige Valley. The Austrian troops passed by, separated only by a high mountain!"

Napoleon was overjoyed: "Wonderful, what a bold use of troops!"

An Ning secretly wiped his cold sweat, it was so dangerous, it almost exposed that I was a bad military strategist.

An Ning: "Next, we will use a force similar to that of the Austrian army to defend the enemy at the Rivoli Terrace and create opportunities for Davout to surprise Trent. In this battle, we have already captured a Marshal Shinra, and I Don't mind catching one!"

Chapter 198 Vuksevich, who escaped death, brings news

Lasalle has been wandering in front of the Austrian army for a day with a cavalry detachment.

Because he has been living in the wild under the eyes of the Austrian army, La Salle only ate a little dry bread in the past 24 hours, and he only slept for a while, but this did not affect his vigorous energy.

Yesterday the Austrians sent cavalry to drive La Salle away, and there was a warm and friendly hand-to-hand combat. La Salle was sure that he cut off the finger of an Austrian major, so the man could not hold the knife. If the knife fell in a duel , the more noble duelists will allow the opponent to surrender honor.

La Salle didn't think too much about it, he chose to be a noble duelist - because by doing so, after the news spread, the noble ladies at the ball or salon would favor La Salle more.

Yes, La Salle is different from General Frost, who is about to kill people when he initiates a duel. La Salle's duel is to increase his charm in front of the girls.

Girls don't like a noble killer who kills like hemp, girls only fear this kind of person.

So, after the enemy's knife fell to the ground, La Salle stopped the offensive, ready to allow the opponent's honorable surrender.

As a result, the Austrian turned his head and ran, running towards his own front without looking back. The snowflakes raised by the horse's hooves even splashed on Lasalle's beautiful shawl.

"Hey! Bastard! I won the victory!" La Saler rode his horse and wanted to chase, but the Austrian team's forward hunters started shooting at him.

These hunters turned out to be elite air rifle hunters. Although there was still a distance to go, their accuracy was astonishingly good.

La Salle had to stop the horse, turned around and opened the distance, and watched the major run back to his army formation.

La Salle yelled at the Austrian unconvinced: "Damn it! May your entire right hand be cut off! Damn it!"

In fact, this is not simply a vicious curse. The poor medical skills of this era, even if only a finger is cut off, may eventually develop into a serious trauma that requires the entire elbow to be cut off.

After all, the Austrians don't know the little trick advocated by General Frost to wash the wound with alcohol.

After letting the major run away yesterday, La Salle talked about it for almost a day. He waited for the Austrians to send cavalry to fight him in honorable hand-to-hand combat, so much so that he forgot to send a knight to inform his lord general about the situation on the front line.

This morning, La Salle discovered another thing. It seemed that someone had detoured from the path in the valley and entered the Austrian army formation in the Adige Valley.

Early in the morning, the entire military formation became lively.

La Salle observed the Austrian camp with a telescope in doubt.

He only saw a wounded general being helped into Marshal Wumze's tent.

Lasalle: "What the hell?"

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Marshal Wumze looked at Vuksevich who had just been helped into the tent: "Why did you come here?"

Vuksevich first took three sips of the wine handed by Chief of Staff Burns, then heaved a sigh of relief, looked at the old general and said, "I'm here to inform you through the path that only one person can walk, Marshal Beaulieu Already routed, the French cross the river with 3 troops!"

Marshal Wumze was shocked: "3 people?"

Vukcevic: "Probably more!"

Chief of Staff Pence said loudly: "That's impossible! General Corley of the Kingdom of Sardinia wrote to us, saying that he has at least 3 French troops in front of him!"

In fact, there were not so many, but Corley was confused by Massena's resolute offensive actions, thinking that he would be the first target of the French army.

But at this moment, no one in Marshal Wumze's tent could tell the marshal about this.

Wumze frowned: "There are 3 people fighting against the Kingdom of Sardinia by the sea, and 3 French troops crossing the Mincio River. In theory, at least 5000 people should be placed in the direction of the fortress, and then we will attack on the western front. The news sent back is also that the attack has been frustrated...so there are at least 1 people near Brescia on the western front...does the French army have so many troops?"

Pence: "We have received news that the total strength of the French army is at most 5, but now according to the collected reports, the French army has at least 10. After all, they still have a large number of troops to defend the key points. There must be at least 1 people left, or the Italians may rise up and rebel!"

Pence's statement that Milan will leave 1 people comes from Austria's own experience. The Italians have been fighting for independence, so Shinra will leave about 1 troops in Milan.

After Beaulieu's defeat in Diego, Milan's garrison was transferred to the front line of the Po River, which directly caused most of Shinra's officials in Milan to be moistened, leaving only one governor to stay because of his relationship with the Italian nobles. .

As a result, as soon as the French army entered the city, His Excellency the Governor was hanged.

All in all, based on Shinra's own experience, Burns judged that Milan had [-] French troops.

He didn't expect that An Ning only left two thousand French troops in charge of logistics, and didn't defend Milan at all.

While talking, Burns laid out the French army's war game on the map, and all of northern Italy was surrounded by the French army's chess pieces.

Wumze's expression was serious: "It's bad, we are now in a state of dividing our troops. After we enter the Rivoli Terrace from the mouth of the Adige River, I am afraid that we will have a decisive battle with the superior French army."